Combined starch-remover and holder for irons.



M. L. WALTON.

COMBINED STARCH REMOVER AND HOLDER FOR IRONS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7. 19H.

Patented 'A'pl 23, 1918.

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. Be it'known that I,"Mrs;"l\/IA1 Y L. WAL- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bartow; in the county of'Polk and State of Florida," have invented new and useful "Improvements in Combined Starch-Removers and Holders for Irons, of which the fol- 1 lowing a specification.

. .Thepresentinvention has reference gei1-v erallyto improvements in that class of inmover and holder for irons. TlllS'l'IlVGIllZlOIllllS for its princlpal aim "and object to provide a device of the above character designed to serve as a support or holderfor irons when temporarily not in use,

and it is also constructedto remove starch from the-under surface of the latter isfimoved thereacross.

.-As an additional object this invention embraces the'provision of a device of the character mentioned wherein the construction embodies a roughened and perforated scraping surface. supported in spaced relation to thebase and over which the iron is moved to assure of the removal of starch therefrom.

More particularly, this invention contemplates the provision of a device of the above character embodying common means for 7, cost of supporting. the perforated and roughened base and for receiving. the pieces of starch subsequent to thelrremova-l from the under su rface of the iron.

" 7 Among the other aims andobjects ofthis invention may be recited the provision of a ClQVlCG of thelabove character wherein the parts are few, the construction simple, the production low and the efliciency Other improvements and novel details in the construction and arrangement of the va- I'iOLls parts of the apparatus will be brought out more in-detail in the description to follow, which for aclear understanding'of the invention should be considered in connection with the accompanying drawings-forming a part hereof, andwherein 1S'Cl1SCl0S6Cl for the erably of a rectangular form.

qvard each other scraping surface in spaced relation to the starch that are deposited'therein Specification of Letters Patent. Patmntedl Apr, 23, 1%1, "Application filed September 7,: 1917. Serial No; 190,213.

minor changes in the construction and arrangement' of parts maybe made without 2- 2 of Fig. 1, in the direction in which the arrows point; a

:ventions known as 'laundrying and more particularly relates to a combined starch re- Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line 23- 3 of Fig. l in the direction in which the arrows point;

1 loyed in all of the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts. the iron when Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings, there is provided a supporting base 1 which may be formed of any suitablematerial such as woodand pref- Rigidly secured through the lnstrumentality of suitable fastening devices 2 in the upper surface otthe base are strips 3 of suitable material such as wood. These strips are arranged desirably in converging relation'with each other to form a substantially inverted V at a point approximately centrally of the base and have their adjacent edges beveled toas at 3, for a purpose that will hereinafter readily appear. A metallic plate l is now employed and is positioned transversely of the base above the strips, the

respective side edges being secured to the base through the instrumentality of suitable Ribs 6 are preferably provided by bending the plate adjacent the fastening devices 5.

side edges and by reason of the fact that the ribs are merely raised portions of the sheet they are arranged in a V-shape formed so as to straddle the strips 3, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. The space between the ribs constitutes a groove 7 for receiving pieces of in the manner that will hereinafter becomeapparent.

With a view toward providin proved scraping means for assuring of the removal of tarch from thebottonr of an iron, notishown, when the latter is moved 'thereacross, a piece of reticulated material .havlng also a roughened surface such as a piece of screen 8 is employed and; is preferably of a rectangular configuration, belng bent adjacent it respective edges so that it may be readily fitted over the'edges of the 5 metallic plate and secured to the upper surface of the base through thei'nstrumentahty of suitable fastening devices 9. In this connection it will be observed that that portion 10 of the screen between the two ribs is maintained in 'plane' in substantially spaced parallel relation with respect to the plane of the upper surface of the base so that when an iron is moved thereacross the starch which usually'adheres to the under surface thereof will be removed therefrom and deposited into the groove7.

Suitable means such as another piece of screen 11 i secured transversely across the intermediate portion of the plate, its respective ends being anchored to the upper surface of the. plate through the instrumentality of suitable fastening devices 12. This piece is of course secured preparatory to the securing of the piece of screen 8 and s de sirably positioned through the ribs so as to V extend across the groove and in thls manner serves to reinforce the. portion 10 of the screen 8. In addition it is apparent that upon the moving of an iron across the upper piece of screen '8 should any of'the starch adhere thereto the yielding ofthls p1ece [,owing to theweight of the iron will enable the piece of screen 11 to act as a means for assuring of the removal ,of the starch from the upper piece of screen 8 so that 1t Wlll ultimately. fall into the groove 7.

A cover plate 13 having a central opening l t-therein is now, employed and is secured scraper thro'ughthe instrumentality of suitable fastening devices 15. .In this connection it will be observed that the opening perinits of the arrangement of the plate in the proper'position and in addition it may be mentioned that the idesof the opening preferably converge toward each otherso as to be properly fitted and lie in close relation with-the outer sidesof the ribs as indicated. In use, it is to be appreciated that when an ir'on,'not shown, is temporarily idle it may be placed upon the supported scraping surface so that the edges thereof are arranged in substantial alinementwith the outer side edges of the, ribs until it is further desired to use the iron. When it is desired to removethe starch from the; under surface of the. iron it i only necessary tomove the .same back and forth-acros the piece of screen 8 and during this action the pieces of starch are scraped from the iron and passed --between the pieces of screen Sand lland are deposited'in the groove 7. In this con- 1 nection it willbe' observed upon reference to ,Fig. 4 that the bottom of the groove 7 is preferably inclined from its restricted end to the uppersurface of the base about .the

to its wider end so that the pieces of starch will be conducted toward the wider end when deposited thereinto.

It is believed in view of the foregoing description that a further detailed description of the operation of the invention is entirely unnecessary. Likewise, it is believed that the advantages of the invention will be readily apparent. As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope of the invention, and it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limited sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

'Having thus fully described this invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters-Patent, is

1. A device of the character described including a base, a plate secured to the base and bent to form spaced ribs and a groove therebetween, and a reticulated sheet having a roughened surface supported by the ribs and extending across and arranged in spaced relation with the groove.

2. A device of the character described including a base, a plate secured to the base and bent to form a pair of converging ribs and a groove between the ribs having an inclined bottom, a reticulated sheet having a 105 roughened surface bent and secured to the upper surface of the base about the plate and held in spaced relation to the groove by the ribs, and a cover plate havin an 0 ening therethrough secured to the iase 21 out lit the reticulated sheet.

3. A device of the character described including a base, strips arranged in converging relation thereon, a plate secured transsupported in spaced relation to the groove,

and armor plate having an opening therein secured to the upper surface of the base l2l about the piece of screen.

4.. A device of the character described including a base, strips secured to the base and arranged in converging relation, a plate secured transversely of the base and bent to 13 meant/'1 straddle the strips to form ribs and a groove tain the first piece of screen in spaced relabetWeen the ribs, a piece of screen constituttion to the groove, and a cover plate having ing a scrapin surface extending across the an opening therein secured to the base about 10 plate and secured to the base, another piece the first piece of screen, substantially as de- 5 of screen serving as a reinforcement to the scribed,

first piece of screen extending transversely In testimony whereof I affix my si nature. across the plate and the ribs so as to main- MARY L. WAL ON.

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' Washington, D. 0. 

